The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-04
Time to Boil Vegetables.

Vino 10 boil \e8etaDIeSs
Catherine Owen, in Good Housekeeping.
Potatoes, half an hour, unless
small, when rather less.
Peas and asparagus, twenty to
twenty-five minutes.
Cabbage and cauliAower, twenty-five
minutes to half an hour.
String beans, if slit or sliced slant
wise and thin, twenty-five minutes; If
only snapped across, forty minutes.
Green corn, twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
Lima beams, if very young, half all
hour; old, forty to forty five minutes.
Carrots and turnips, forty-five min
utes when young, one hour in winter.
Beets, one hour in summer, one hour
and a half, or ever two hours, if large,
in winter.
Onions, medium size, one hour.
Rule.-All vegetables to go into fast
boiling water to be quickly brought to
the boiling point again, not left to
sleep III the hot water before boiling,
which toughens them and destroys
color and flavor.
This timetable must always be reg
ulated by the hour at which the meat
will be done. If the meat should
have to wait five minutes for the vege-
tables, there would be loss of pune
tuality, but the dinner will
not be damaged. But if
the vegetables are done, and
wait for the meat, your dinner will
certainly be much the worse; yet 80
general is the custom OF Overlooking
vegetables or putting them to cook in
a haphazard way, somewhere about
tho time, that very many people
would not recognize the damage.
They would very quickly see the SUI
periority of vegetables cooked just the
right time, but would attribute it to
some superiority in the article itself,
that they were fresher, and finer, not
knowing that the finest and freshest
Of vegetables, improperly cooked, are
little better than the poor ones.
Sensible Father.
The Chicago Mail quotes u sensible
father as saying: mo, sir; when my
daughter is married there shall be no
big wedding If my counsel is of any
weight" said prominent and
wealthy business man few days ago.
'My daughters future happiness is
dearer to me than my life, and for
that very reason | object to q big
wedding. Why did you ask? Sim
ply because q big wedding means a
dray load Of presents for her, and con.
sequently a burden of obligations
that will last her q lifetime. Only a
little while ago Il young lady was mar
ried in this city and at the ceremony
was the recipient of 225 wedding gifts.
Think OF it, 225 obligations to begin
housekeeping on! Each one OF those 225
presents means an obligation which
will Hast not only during this generation
but the next and the next. Each Civ
er will either marry or have q daugh-
ter or a son or q granddauyht or a
niece or a nephew marry, and this
bride, with her 225 presents, will hear
of the wedding, and to be fair, will
have to send q present in return.
Some of these presents, mayhaps,
come from q big family of girls, one
present from the family. AS each girl
Is married of she will expect some
thing for the investment she collect
lively made at this 255 wedding, and
will be disappointed if she does not
get it. No, SIR; can make my daugh-
ter all the presents she wants, and
I'm delighted that Pm able to do it,
and for it she owes me nothing;in fact,
she is my daughter and l Owe her
everything"